In 1775 the British had control of Boston. In Massachusetts, the Patriot army was growing. Thousands of Rebels were ready to drive the British out of the colonies, and more specifically, out of Boston. The British commanders for this battle were General Thomas Gage and General Sir William Howe. These two generals were highly skilled in leading legions of British troops in battle. The American commanders were Colonel William Prescott, General Israel Putnam and Joseph Warren. These generals were only fairly skilled in combat and strategy. (Middlekauff)

After the American’s received word that the British were going to secure the two hills on the peninsula across from

Soon after the order was given by General Gage, the British started moving troops to the east of Breed's Hill from Boston. Colonel Prescott's men would be the first attacked. This was the first charge with British army on the east side of the hill with the secondary doing a straight attack. General Howe's men (British forces) lead the attack with 5,000 troops up the hill. But they were not alone; cannon fire from British ships in the river also covered them. While this was going on, some of the British ships loaded their cannons with incendiary shells and annihilated Charlestown, where a fraction of American troops were shooting sniper fire at the British soldiers on the battlefield. But this first attack failed and the British retreated. (Howard, Egger, Smith, Bovet, Smith-Baranzini, Marlene)

The British attacked for a second time. They went up the hill but their second attempt to take the hill failed. The British attacked for a third time. This time the British soldiers came as close as forty yards before the patriots opened fire. The American’s were running out of ammunition and gunpowder. To preserve the American's gunpowder, Colonel Puttnam ordered the patriots, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!" (MSN Encar

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